The Year Ahead……….

Let’s Ride and Have Fun!

Monthly rides: second Sunday

State Rally: Tasmania, Camp Banksia, Port Sorell 1st-3rd February 2019

Victoria, Bright Fri 8th-Sun 11th March 2019

New South Wales, Byron Bay 13th-15th Sept 2019

South Australia, Renmark Fri, Oct 4th- Mon, Oct 7, 2019

New Zealand Regional Rallies!

North Island, Rotorua 26th-28th October 2019

South Island, Methven 2-4th November 2019

National Rally: Walcha, NSW 15-17 November 2019

Sturgis Rally August 2019

Sunshine Coast Qld State HOG Rally: Nambour Showgrounds

7th- 9th August 2020

January

Sunday 13th Monthly Ride Road Captain

Casanova

Saturday 26th Monthly BBQ Harley Magic

/Australia Day TBA

Townsville HOG Visit to Cairns

February

Sunday 17th Monthly Ride Road Captain

Shane/ Squeak

Saturday 23rd Monthly BBQ Harley Magic

Tasmania HOG Camp Banksia, Port Sorell 1st-

3rd Feb

March

Saturday 9th

Monthly Ride Road Captain Peta / Speedy

Saturday 30th Monthly BBQ Harley Magic

April

Sunday 14th

Monthly Ride Road Captain Sponge Bob

Friday 19th- Mon 22 Easter

Thursday 25th ANZAC Day

Saturday 27th Monthly BBQ Harley Magic

May

4th-6th Labour Day Weekend

Sunday 12th

Monthly Ride Road Captain Derek / Bender

Saturday 25th Monthly BBQ Harley Magic

May 31st -June 2nd Townsville HOG Chapter

Challenge Ravenswood

June

Sunday 9th

Monthly Ride Road Captain Peter / Shooter

Saturday 29th Monthly BBQ Harley Magic

July

Sunday 14th

Monthly Ride Road Captain Casanova

Friday 19th Cairns Show

Saturday 27th Monthly BBQ Harley Magic

AGM To Be ADVISED

August

Sunday 11th

Monthly Ride Road Captain Sponge Bob

Saturday 24th Cairns Festival Parade

Saturday 31st Monthly BBQ Harley Magic

September

Sunday 1st Carnival on Collins Show 'n' shine

Sunday 8th Monthly Ride

Saturday 28th Monthly BBQ Harley Magic

State Rally- New South Wales, Byron Bay

13th-15th

October

Monday 1st Queen's Birthday

Sunday 13th Monthly Ride Full Moon Ride

State Rally- Sth Aus, Renmark Fri, 4th- Mon,

7th

NZ Nth Island, Rotorua, 26th-28th

Babinda Festival TBA

November

Sunday 10th Monthly Ride

Saturday 30th Monthly BBQ Harley Magic

December

Sunday 8th Monthly Ride

Saturday 28th Monthly BBQ Harley Magic

Cape York HOG Calendar HOG’s Escort Santa and his Elf to

Trinity Beach State School

December 2018

Blue’s Full Moon Ride

to Julatten Tavern Saturday 22nd

December 2018

Fantastic ride and drive.

7 bikes, 5 with a pillion, and 5 cars.

Cairns to Mareeba to Julatten, dinner, down the Rex, along the coast, Rex’s Lookout and

home.

Raffle Drawn

Congratulations

1st Prize Bar Fridge Geoffro Neilson

2nd Prize BBQ 3rd Prize Heater

Scott Town Ron Rebel Clark

Thank you, Shooter and

Joe for the donation of

prizes.

Thank you, Kyra for

drawing the winners.

Heads or Tails Competition

and the winner is Deanna Acha.

Thank you, Annie and Chopper

for donating the new Mustang

convertible for a day’s drive.

CAPE YORK HOGs GO BACK IN TIME, HERBERTON HISTORICALLY VILLAGE

SUNDAY, JANUARY 13, 2019

ROAD CAPTAIN JOE CASANOVA MORETTO

Many thanks to Kylie for leading the ride to Mareeba Bull Park.

Welcome back Marnie and Big Mick. Also, welcome Cliff’s partner,

Joanna, Kirsty, Joe and Di’s sons, Joseph Daniel and Matthew and

their friends, Luke and Jack, along with Wayne, Valmai, Cliff and Blue

(Tail end Charlie). Highly recommended. Come for a visit!

Hopefully one day these young fellow may join the HOG family?

Firstly, a pre-ride briefing.

AUSTRALIA DAY RIDE TO TRINITY BEACH

GOOMBOORA PARK

Catch up with Townsville HOGs for an Australian Day BBQ dinner! YES!

THANKS TO CHEFS DARREN, DOM AND ASSISTANTS DONNA AND DI.

TOWNSVILLE GUESTS- JULIA, GAVIN (QLD REGIONAL DIRECTOR), JULES, AND ROB

ANNIE, CHOPPER, HAPPY, KYLIE AND KYRA

BILL, FELIX AND PHILL

JESSIE, (TOWNSVILLE DIRECTOR), CLINT AND CURLEY

JOHNNO, DEANNA, HAPPY AND JULIA

TEM AND DI

CHOPPER, IF HE’S NOT BLOWING THE WHISTLE,

HE’S BLOWING A HORN!!!!!

MARNIE, ANNIE, HAPPY, CURLEY, WAYNE AND BUBBLES

POSTED ON 30TH APRIL, 2016 BY MARK HINCHLIFFE MOTORBIKE WRITER

How to handle a decreasing radius corner

It’s one of those heart-in-the-mouth moments when the

corner suddenly tightens up and you’re running out of

cornering clearance and room to complete the turn. We’ve

all had that moment. In the best-case scenario, we get a

fright. In the worst-case scenario it can lead to running off

the road, into oncoming traffic or low-siding the bike. How

you deal with the corner really comes in three parts: avoiding

being caught by surprise, positioning your bike correctly and

dealing with a tightening radius.

AVOID BEING CAUGHT

Don’t ever get in the situation where a bend surprises you. If

you’ve ridden the road before, you should file a mental note

of which turns tighten up so you are better prepared next time. A mental note could consist of a sign on approach, an unusual

tree or some other landmark. Sings like this would, of course, be welcome!

However, if it’s a new section of road you’ve never ridden before, survey the line

markings or the road edges for clues of the radius.

If the outside line or edge of the road is getting closer to the centre line or inside edge

of the bend, then it is tightening.

Don’t commit your lean

angle and speed to this

corner until you see the

road edges moving further

apart again, which is the

clue it is opening up again.

Some corners can be blind and you may need to look for other clues

such as the brake lights of the vehicle in front, overhead lines that

suddenly turn or a diminishing tree, hedge or fence line. Survey all

corners

POSITION YOUR BIKE

If you’ve determined the radius is tightening, position your bike as wide as

possible while washing off speed with brakes and downshifts.

A wide approach to the corner will make your apex further around the

bend and alert you earlier to a tightening radius.

Keep looking at the end of the corner, that point where the “lines” are close

together. Don’t look at the other side of the road or the bushes where you think you might end up … or you will.

Green is good, red bad!

HANDLING THE CORNER

Even so, you might still get caught out by long

bends that tighten unexpectedly toward the end,

so you may need to make some mid-corner

corrections.

If you’ve been holding some throttle, don’t shut it

down. Hold it neutral or slightly decrease the

throttle.

Don’t try downshifting, either, unless you are

really smooth at matching engine and ground

speeds or the rear wheel may lock up and flick you

over the high side.

Instead, push a little more on the inside handlebar which is a counter-steering input that will lean your bike further.

You’ll be surprised how far you can lean the bike without sliding or falling off. You can also add a little more rear

brake which will pull the bike into a steeper lean as well as slow it down.

Don’t touch the front brakes, either, unless you are really smooth as it may cause a low slide or stand the bike up

again which will run you wide.

OVER-COMMITTED

If you’ve overcommitted and have run out of ground clearance, you may be in a fair bit of trouble.

The only thing to do is to smoothly squeeze more front and rear brake to slow you down as much as possible while keeping your lean angle stable.

Keep looking at the corner exit and you just may wash off enough speed to make it around the corner.

And then you can set up for the next one!

Set up wide for the next corner

BRIGHTER DAYS

FRI, MAR 8, 2019 2:30 PM

MON, MAR 11, 2019 3:30 PM

BRIGHT, VICTORIA

BRIGHTER DAYS FESTIVAL SPONSORED BY HARLEY-DAVIDSON

FINANCIAL SERVICES

RALLY @ BYRON 2019

Friday 13th September 2019

Saturday 14 September 2019

Sunday 15th September 201

South Australia State Rally at Renmark

Fri, Oct 4, 2019 12:00 PM

Mon, Oct 7, 2019 10:00 AM

Renmark Australia

National HOG Rally 2019 Walcha Australia Fri, Nov 15, 2019 9:00 AM Sun, Nov 17, 2019 4:00 PM

In combination with The Freak Show A Festival of Motorcycles

ABC'S OF TOURING

Earn awesome prizes for riding with H.O.G.® ABC's of Touring

Contest

HOW IT WORKS

1. Ride: Get on your bike with a current issue of H.O.G.® magazine.

2. Snap pictures featuring you, your Harley®, and the

magazine/handbook cover in front of "official signs."

o Cities and towns starting with A-Z

o Counties starting with A-Z

o National Parks

o And more

3. Submit your photos

4. Win prizes based on your point total - plus a years’ worth of

bragging rights.

Make Your Miles Count

The H.O.G. Mileage Program awards pins

and patches just for racking up a lot of

miles on your Harley-

Davidson® motorcycle.

Who would like to participate?

More information from HOG to follow!!

Another way to keep up with us

download the App here ~~>https://www.teamapp.com/app

search for the Cape York HOG Team

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